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Miss Niedringhaus February 16, 2016

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Miss Niedringhaus February 16, 2016

Reminders

2-19-16: Spelling Test Week 21

This week we will be starting Unit 5!

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Unit 5

Through an extensive author study using the work of Patricia Polacco, students will write a narrative piece of writing that is taken through the writing process. Students’ narrative writing will include using dialogue, constructing paragraphs, developing leads, and taking a writing piece completely through the publishing stage. Students will strengthen their narrative piece through revision focusing on adding details, adding dialogue, developing leads and closings, while staying on topic. During reading, students will get to explore a variety of texts written by Patricia Polacco to learn how stories are organized, investigate the use of dialogue, and describe how characters respond in a story. Students will compare and contrast various aspects of the stories.

Objectives

Reader’s Workshop

Students will:

· Describe the overall structure of a story.

· Ask and answer questions about a text.

· Use various text features.

· Determine the central message of a story.

· Describe how characters respond to major events (problem/solution).

· Use information from text to understand characters, setting, and plot.